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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Greece needs new bail-out; Spain, Portugal fears

Greece needs new bail-out, leaders told - Telegraph: " . . . Michael Hewson of CMC Markets: "There is widespread acknowledgment that even after last weeks debt swap that the country will in all probability need a third bailout, after economic data Friday showed that the economy shrank even more than first thought in fourth quarter, by 7.5pc." . . . Bondmarket investors ignored political claims that the Greek crisis was solved: new Greek government bonds remained the highest yielding debt in the eurozone. There were mounting fears over debt levels in Spain and Portugal yet finance ministers indicated they would not use the summit to boost the eurozone's bail-out mechanisms. . . ."

Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee calls for Greece to exit the euro - Telegraph: "In a well received speech at the annual British Venture Capital and Private Equity Association's annual chairman's dinner, Mr Tyrie said the current lull in the single currency's crisis, after last week's Greek bond swap, should be used to engineer a permanent exit for Greece.The economic and political challenges facing the country if it stays in the eurozone would be too great to be sustainable, he argued. . . ."

Euro zone ministers grill Spain over deficit pathReutersBy Robin Emmott and Annika Breidthardt | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers grilled Spain on Monday over its budget deficit, which is set to break stricter new EU rules this year, stressing that Madrid must get back on target in 2013.

Euro Zone Finance Ministers to Press Spain on DebtsNew York TimesBRUSSELS — European Union finance ministers warned Spain on Monday to take action to reduce the country's bulging budget deficit to alleviate the latest threat to the euro zone, now that Greece has agreed with a majority of its private creditors on ...

Eurozone Finance Chiefs Set to Approve Greek BailoutVoice of AmericaMarch 12, 2012 Eurozone Finance Chiefs Set to Approve Greek Bailout VOA News Finance ministers in the 17-nation euro currency bloc are set to approve Greece's new $172-billion bailout, even as they grapple with concerns about Spain missing its deficit ...

Spain Looms as First Test of EU RulesWall Street JournalBy MATTHEW DALTON BRUSSELS—Euro-zone finance ministers were set on Monday to make Spain its first test of new rules designed to bolster the European Union's control over national budget policies. The rules, passed after more than a year of painstaking ...

EU CRISIS ROAD MAP: Key Milestones AheadWall Street JournalLONDON (Dow Jones)--As Greece is set to secure approval from its euro-zone partners and the International Monetary Fund on a EUR130 billion bailout this week after completing a massive debt swap, attention is now expected to shift to Spain, ...

Eurozone tries to look beyond Greece in crisisSan Jose Mercury NewsFinance ministers from the 17 eurozone nations are to meet in Brussels later Monday, where they will discuss releasing funds from a euro130 billion ($172 billion) second bailout. BRUSSELS—The 17 euro countries are trying to focus on issues beyond the ...

EURO GOVT-No post-Greece relief for euro zone bond marketReutersBunds hit contract high as growth concerns lend support * Portugal seen at risk, auctions weigh on Spain, Italy * New long-term Greek bonds have highest yield in euro zone By William James LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Rising demand for German debt ...

Euro zone economy prospects show flicker of hope: OECDReutersPARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone is showing tentative signs of improvement, the latest monthly readout from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) showed on Monday. The OECD's leading indicator, a measure that seeks to flag ...

Eurozone: Cash injection is a 'caffeine boost'Financial TimesIt has worked like a powerful pick-me-up on the troubled eurozone government bond markets. Bankers and strategists say the ECB's two three-year loan offers, under which eurozone banks borrowed about €489bn in the first tender and €529bn in the second, ...Financial Times

New Greek bond yields top euro-zone levelsMarketWatchBy Sara Sjolin and Kim Hjelmgaard, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — Greek bonds issued after the country's massive bond-swap deal last week started trading at the highest yields in the euro zone, according to reports Monday. Authorities issued 20 ...

Eurozone finalizing Greek bailout, shifting focus to SpainMonsters and Critics.comBrussels - Top eurozone officials signaled Monday that the second 130-billion-euro (171-billion-dollar) bailout for Greece would be finally approved this week, while the focus was shifting towards Spain's budget problems. 'In substance, there are no ...

The Impact Of Financial Crisis On WomenSan Francisco ChronicleThe global financial crisis will have a lasting impact, without question. But it will have a particularly pronounced impact on women. Women with the same qualifications of their male counterparts and working the same number of hours, earn on average ...

Spain set to win euro zone leeway on rising deficitSydney Morning HeraldThe eurozone meanwhile was expected to sign off on the remainder of a 130-billion-euro bailout for Greece this week after Athens completed a historic bond swap to erase more than 100 billion euros in privately-held debt. "We start from the principle ...

Contagion from Greece still threatens euroFinancial TimesThe resilience of the euro has been due to a number of factors, not least of which is that theeurozone as a whole has a broadly balanced current account. As such, a misbehaving bond market doesn't necessarily cause a plunge in the currency, ...

Eurozone ministers to sign off Greek cash, grill SpainMontreal GazetteBRUSSELS - Eurozone finance ministers are to approve on Monday a second bailout package for Greece and shift their focus to Spain, whose government looks set to violate newly agreed European Union budget rules by missing its deficit target again this ...

Top ECB official sees "mild recession" in eurozoneCBS NewsBenoit Coeure told Japan's Nikkei newspaper that growth was held back by scarce bank credit and necessary government budget-cutting because of problems with debt in some eurozone countries. Coeure said that higher oil prices and taxes had led the bank ...

ECB just barely dips toe into bond marketsReuters(For details click) After flooding the banking system with more than a trillion euros in ultra-cheap 3-year loans over the past two months, the euro zone's debt markets have calmed and ECB President Mario Draghi said last week that now it was time for ...

Euro crisis solved? I don't think so!Uncommon Wisdom DailyMany already think that the European sovereign debt crisis is passing. That the latest bond deal and bailout for Greece solves everything. But as far as I'm concerned, nothing could be further from the truth. First, severe austerity measures do not ...

Forex Trading Volumes Hit by Euro Zone CrisisWall Street JournalBy MARTIN VAUGHAN And ENDA CURRAN Foreign-exchange trading volumes fell sharply toward the end of 2011 as the euro zone's sovereign-debt crisis flared up and European banks cut back lending world-wide, the Bank for International Settlements said in its ...Wall Street Journal

ECB intervention is the only way to end the crisisFinancial TimesBy Paul De Grauwe Since December last year the European Central Bank has injected large amounts of liquidity into the eurozone banking system. These injections were necessary to save Europe's banking system. In addition, these lender of last resort ...

Eurozone delays decision to boost rescue fundFinancial TimesBy Peter Spiegel in Brussels Eurozone finance ministers were expected on Monday night to again put off a decision on whether to increase the size of their €500bn rescue fund, but the group's chairman said he would push for the long-delayed move to be ...

Spain throws down new challenge to eurozoneNational PostEurozone officials are worried that allowing Spain to soften this year's target would create a dangerous precedent and undermine the credibility of the European Union's recently sharpened budget rules. By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS — Eurozonefinance ...National Post

Contagion OR Continent Domination?News24However going back to the title of Contagion or Continent control-what's really going on between South Africa and Nigeria? Was it just a diplomatic spat exposing strained relations or is more than that? 1.As economic rivals,both South Africa and ...

How Housing Policy Caused the Financial Crisis: Q&A with AEI's ...By Anthony RandazzoThe 2008 financial crisis "proved that financial markets are not self-regulating," says political scientist Francis Fukuyama in a recent interview with the website TheBrowser: "[Peter Wallison] lays it all at the door of Fannie and Freddie and ...Reason Magazine Full Feed

French Politics: A Eurozone Crisis PrimerBy Arthur GoldhammerArthur Goldhammer, the originator of this blog, has been a student and observer of French politics since 1968. In that time I've translated more than 100 books from the French, including Tocqueville's Democracy in America. I chair the seminar ...French Politics

By 2020 the Euro zone should comprise essentially all EU Member ...By Eberhard RheinIn the on-going debate about the future of the Euro it is often forgotten that membership in the Euro-zone is mandatory for all EU member States provided they fulfil the Maastricht criteria – budget deficit below 3 per cent and public debt below ...Rhein on Energy and Climate

There Will Be Euro-zone Debt Crisis Contagion, The Next Greek ...By Stefan BThere are much broader implications for the eurozone should Greece have to restructure its debt. People fail to see the costs to both Greece and the eurozone of a restructuring: the cost to its citizens, the cost to its access to markets. If Greece ...SGTreport - The Corporate Propaganda...

FORECLOSURE FRAUD THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND SHREK'S ...By 4closureFraudTHE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND SHREK'S ONION OF FRAUD. Author: L. Randall Wray. In the last couple of weeks I've been pushing foreclosure fraud. Well, not pushing the fraud but rather arguing that foreclosure is fraud. It has to be.Foreclosure Fraud - Fighting...

USD Meltdown Is Your Gold Advantage by Morris HubbarttThe best thing to do in preparation for any financial crisis is to own physical gold. It should be your largest holding. Asian physical buyers are accumulating gold at these highly attractive prices. In the gold market, a good motto is, “Do as the ...LewRockwell.com

Eurozone making international relations more party political ...By Mick FealtyThe reason is that important policy decisions have shifted from the national to the eurozone level. Take the fiscal compact, recently signed by European Union leaders, most of whom are from the centre-right. The compact was Ms Merkel's idea; ...Slugger O'Toole